Adil Abdul-Mahdi

Adil Abdul-Mahdi (1 January 1942-) was Prime Minister of Iraq from 25 October 2018, succeeding Haider al-Abadi. He was a member of the Shia Islamist ISCI party.

Biography
Adil Abdul-Mahdi was born in Baghdad, Iraq on 1 January 1942 to a Shia Muslim Arab family, and he was originally a supporter of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party before leaving for the Iraqi Communist Party due to ideological disagreements. During the 1970s, he became a leading ICP member, and he served on its leadership until the early 1980s, when he adopted Iranian Islamist ideals. In 1982, he joined the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq party, rejecting his Marxist past. In 2006, he lost in his bid for the premiership of Iraq by one vote, but, in October 2018, President Barham Salih selected Abdul-Mahdi to form a government as the 49th Prime Minister of Iraq. On 29 November 2019, he announced his resignation amid the Tishreen Revolution, which protested against government corruption and Iranian influence over the government. On 1 December, the Iraqi Parliament approved his resignation, but he continued to head a caretaker government as the Parliament searched for a new Prime Minister.